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  • Expert highlights risks of buying lands without survey plans

    Survey

     

    By Olatunde Ajayi

     

    Ibadan, June 9, 2024 (NAN) The Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Oyo State Chapter, has cautioned Nigerians from buying lands without proper survey plans.

     

    Its Chairman, Waheed Lamidi, issued the caution in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Sunday.

     

    Lamidi says a survey plan can prove that a seller has the right to sell and tells the buyer the government is aware of the existence of the land.

     

    He, however, advised Nigerians to always patronise only registered surveyors to avoid rising cases of land scams in the country.

     

    “There are so many ways people are duping members of the public on land matters. I want to advise our people to always consult a registered surveyor before they pay for any land.

     

    “This will help them to ascertain the genuineness of the land they want to buy; it reveals whether the land is free from government acquisition and if the land has not been sold to somebody else.

     

    “It is always advisable to involve professionals before paying for lands to forestall losing large amounts of money in the process of avoiding surveyors’ professional fees.

     

    “If the seller cannot provide the survey plan, it may be because the land has never been surveyed or another person owns the land,” he said.

     

    The chairman noted that registered surveyors could easily be identified by their unique registration numbers and addresses from NIS.

     

    He urged prospective land buyers to make payments only when they had physically examined such lands.

     

    According to him, this will allow the buyer to ascertain the topography of the land, the kind of neighbourhood, and the level of development on the land. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

     

    TUN/MAS

     

    Edited by Moses Solanke

     

     

  • Children with disabilities not demonic – Social Worker

     

     

    Disability

     

     

    By Olatunde Ajayi

     

    Ibadan, June 1, 2024(NAN) The Convener of Smart Innovation and Creativity, a Non-Governmental Organisation, Mrs Omolola Olamijulo, has charged Nigerians not to isolate or tag children with disabilities as being demonic.

     

    Olamijulo made the appeal during a special Children’s Day party organised by Smart Innovation and Creativity for children with disabilities and other children on Saturday in Ibadan.

     

    She said that the special children’s day party was aimed at bridging the gap between the privilege, the less privilege, and the differently abled children in the society.

     

    “Regrettably, some parents are being deceived by clerics in places of worships that children with disabilities are demonic.

     

    “Slow development in some of these set of children are at times medical issues which can be resolved with time. Some of these children can perform better than others when they have opportunities because there is ability in every disability.

     

    “Unfortunately, on children’s day and special occasions, people don’t invite these special children. Some of them have never gone out, their parents hide them in the house because they see them as negative cross from God that they have to manage.

     

    “We have been doing this for the past 10 years in Lagos and other cities in Nigeria.

    “We want these children to be able to relate freely in the society without discrimination, they need relationship, friendship and care. We must invest in them and we must not let them down.

     

    “Our target is to establish a craft and vocational school for the special children before we mark 20 years anniversary to discover, train and nurture talents in them, “she said.

     

    In the same vein, the Secretary, Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Oyo State Chapter, Eniola Adeaga, charged well-meaning Nigerians to invest in the future of children with disabilities.

    She lauded smart innovation and creativity for making children with disabilities relevant.

     

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that no fewer than 200 children from Lagelu Special School Ibadan, School for the handicaps Agodi- Ibadan and other special schools attended the special children’s day party.(NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

     

    TUN/VIV

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    Edited by Vivian Ihechu